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Power's out again for the second time in a week. Portland has trees! And a windy season. Maybe I should get a PowerWall or...

kontextmaschine:

Power’s out again for the second time in a week. Portland has trees! And a windy season. Maybe I should get a PowerWall or something, maybe in conjunction with running the lines to the garage/driveway for chargers. Mostly hear about them for use with home solar, but Portland has trees! And a lot of the roof’s canopied over. An organic insulation system that shades the house and creates a moister microclimate, extending itself automatically each year by drawing carbon from the air!

4 and a half hours later they’re an hour past planned turnon time, it’s still out, I’m eating cold canned chili, and I might have to dig up a solar battery I charged up to plug my phone into. A transformer must’ve blown or something.